Camaguey City, Camaguey. Cuba

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• Camaguey Province. Cuba
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• Destination: Camaguey

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Camagüey city, the capital of the province bearing the same name, is among the ones that better preserves Spanish- Arabian characteristics of urbanism and architecture. Its many churches have noteworthy examples of art and religiousfunerary traditions of the colonial epoch. It has the largest historical center of the country (313 ha) declared National Monument. Its urban design is very singular in Cuba. It is characterized by narrow and winding streets and alleys that make up a labyrinthlike design. Pathways begin or end up at the squares and esplanades that became centric points due to the enhancement of the village. There we have pottery among the strong traditions of the region, which dates from the 17th century. Camaguey is the homeland to major general Ignacio Agramonte, a prime figure of the 1868 Revolution and protagonist, together with his wife Amalia Simoni, of one of the best love episodes in Cuban land. In this territory was also born Carlos J. Finlay, a scientist who, with his investigations on the transmitter agent of yellow fiver that changed the medicine of his time and set the basis for tropical medicine, and Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, one of the most important figures of the Hispano- American literature. Other illustrious people from that region are the philosopher Enrique José Varona, the painter Fidelio Ponce and National Poet Nicolás Guillén. Camaguey is a land of legend, big earthenware jars and churches: of façades with archivolts and pillars, windows with precious wrought irons, houses with roofs descending in only one current and interior thresholds leading to a patio of tranquility and shadow, humidity and fresh air that transmit that old flavor to the city which it does not want to get rid of.

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Camaguey is the birthplace of some of the most relevant personalities of Cuban Culture: Nicolás Guillén, Cuba's Laureate Poet; writer and poetess Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda; Ballet of CCamaguey, the second company of Cuba, and the Folkloric Dance Group; famous painters Fidelio Ponce de León and Flora Fong are only some of the examples worth mentioning. Popular festivities like the San Juan Camagüeyano, a traditional festival that started in the 18th century, have transcended until our days.

Camaguey City, the capital of the province, treasures one of the most important historical centers in the country, recently declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO; and is one of the Cuban cities that better preserve the Hispano-Arabic features regarding urbanism and architecture. Its several churches have significant examples of the art and religious-funeral customs of colonial times.

Santa Lucia Beach, located in the northern coast of the easterncentral part of Cuba, is the main tourist destination in Camaguey province. It has some 21km of warm transparent water, fine white sand and a well preserved environment that serves as habitat to important pink flamingos' colonies. It faces the Old Channel of Bahamas, surrounded to the east by Las Tunas province; to the west by the Jardines del Rey archipelago and to the south by the flat lands of Camaguey. The coral formations, located just 2km off the coast, display a surprising biodiversity that invite to contemplate the undersea beauties. There are 35 diving points at Santa Lucía Beach that allow divers meeting with the remains of sunken ships from the 19th and 20th centuries as well as enjoying a curious show in which experienced guides feed with their bare hands friendly sharks near the Nuevitas Bay.